Time Inc. Said to Weigh Leaving NYC Time & Life Building — Time Inc., the magazine unit soon to be spun off from Time Warner Inc. (TWX), is considering leaving the Time & Life Building on New York's Avenue of the Americas and moving its offices to lower Manhattan, three people with knowledge of the company's plans said.

Reporting in the post-Snowden era — A panel at Columbia discussed challenges and triumphs — In an auditorium so large that Columbia's Journalism School typically only uses it for its graduation ceremonies, hundreds attended the panel discussion “Journalism After Snowden” on Thursday evening.

‘Doom’ is for the unprepared — “Is National Review doomed?” asks Damon Linker (The Week). “It's doubtful that National Review could survive” losing Michael Mann's libel lawsuit, or having to settle it out of court. “National Review may be fighting for its life.” The “magazine has now been placed in jeopardy.”

Facebook Uses Data to Charm Advertisers — Facebook Refined its Tools that Allow Advertisers to Target Users Based on Spending Habits in Brick and Mortar Stores — To make the journey from underachiever to advertising juggernaut, Facebook Inc. had to do some advertising of its own.

Be Careful at the Book Club, the Author Might Be There — The living room in the plush apartment on Central Park West was filled with all the trappings of a traditional book club. — A dozen people, mostly women, perched on sofas and armchairs with paperbacks on their laps.

Facebook Steps Onto Twitter's TV Data Turf — What's This? — Twitter's firehose of data is about to meet a tsunami from Facebook. — After announcing its news reader app, Paper, on Thursday, Facebook has also announced that it will begin to publish anonymized data …

SKY Perfect JSAT plans all-Japan channel in Indonesia — SKY Perfect JSAT Corp. announced Thursday it will launch a channel next month in Indonesia that will show Japanese programs around the clock to popularize Japanese content in the growing economy and promote Japan itself.

How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Bite-Sized News — Last week the BBC launched Instafax, a short-form video newswire designed for Instagram where videos are limited to 15 seconds. For now, the BBC is describing their project as an experiment, but the move is part of a much larger trend that, at one point, I scoffed at.

Egypt Tries to Reassure Journalists From Abroad — CAIRO — The government on Thursday tried to reassure foreign correspondents that they are free to report in Egypt after prosecutors filed criminal charges accusing 20 journalists for Al Jazeera television of conspiring with the Muslim Brotherhood.

BT revenues up on demand for broadband and sports TV — BT's sales and profits have risen, driven by record broadband demand and its new sports television service. — The company reported pre-tax profits of £617m for the last three months of 2013, on revenues of £4.6bn.

Albuquerque's next newspaper is print first — The Free Press hopes to fill reporting gaps, one news rack at a time — In the spring of 2008, the Albuquerque Tribune published its last issue. Though known for its solid reporting and stalwart voice—it had won a Pulitzer in 1994 …

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